Fence.



J. LUBPKER.

FENCE.

APPLICATION IILED 00T.18, 1913.-

11 102 9 3 Patented July 7, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent- Patented July 7, 1914.

. Application filed October 18, 1913.. Serial No. 795,933.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAooB LUEPKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Millstadt, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which the followlng is a specification. I

This invention relates to fences, and it has particular reference to that class of fences which are provided with barbs for the purpose of turning stock. i

The principal ob 'ect of the invention is to produce a simple and improved barbed fence which shall be plainly visible so that stock will be warned before coming in contact therewith, thereby avoiding injury.

A further object of the invention is to produce a barbed fencing material comprising a plainly visible strip equipped with barbs of a simple and improved construction.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood, that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a strip of the improved fencing material. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same taken on the line 22 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view or edge view of the strip. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of one of the strips from which the barb members are formed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing one of the barb members in process of being applied to the fence strip.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The body strip of the improved fencing material consists of a band 7 of iron or steel, said band being of sufiicient width to be plainly visible at a reasonable distance, and of such thickness as will enable it to resist any strain to which it is liable to be subjected. The strip 7 is provided at intervals of from six to eight inches, more or less, with barbed members Bfrom which barbs or prongs project in various directions. Each of the barb members is formed of a strip 8 of suitable length and width. The width may be approximately one-half that of the fence strip 7, while the length should be equal to twice the width of the fence strip 7 plus the length of one barb 9. Said barb 9 is formed or permitted to project at one end and adjacent to one edge of the strip 8, and said strip is provided at the op osite edge thereof with an incision 10 whereby another barb 11 is formed, said barbs 9 and 11 being bent outward approximately at right angles to the strip 8. Additional diagonal incisions 10 are formed in strip, the strip 8 constituting said barb memher is placed in contact with one face of the strip 7, at right angles thereto, and the terminals of said strip 8 are bent on the lines 14 until they lie in contact with the opposite side face of the strip 7. The barbs 12 will thus be left to project upwardly and downwardly with respect to the edges of the strip 7, while the barbs 9 and 11, which are bent outward at right angles to the body of the strip 8, will be positioned about midway between the upper and lower edges of the strip 7 and will project laterally and outwardly with respect thereto.

When a sufficient number of barb members has been applied to a strip 7, the said strip may be subjected to a galvanizing process or subjected to any well known treatment with molten metal, whereby the barb members will become intimately united with the strip 7. Said strip may be subjected to such treatment in any suitable, well known manner, and it may be first rolled into a bunch or roll of suitable dimensions.

The improved fence strip, when made in accordance with the foregoing description, will be found extremely strong, durable and water proof, and a very important advantage resides in the facility with which it may be seen by stock at a suflicient distance to prevent injury by violent contact therewith.

The fence strip possesses sufficient inherent strength to enable it to turn meddlesonie and vicious stock. The individual barb members B, it will be observed, are each provided. with four prongs which are longitudinally spaced apart, that is to say, no two barbs are struck'up from the same portion'ofthe strip as regards the width thereof. Hence no portion of the barb strip is weakened by havingmore than asingle barb struck there: from, and it. becomes possible to give ample width to the brace of each barb Without ma teriallydetracting from the width of the Y 'strip vor unduly. weakening; the latter.

Having thus described theinvention, what 1s claimed as new, 1s:

Fencing material consisting of aemetallic strip and barb members secured thereon, 'eachv barb member: conslstlng of a metallic i Copies ofthis patentmay be obtainedvtor;

the plane thereof and the remaining two barbs-adjacent to, opposite side faces of the fence; strip in a; common a plane between the upper-andlowert edges, of the; fence strip and substantially perpendicularr thereto so astoproject in opposite directions therefrom. a

In @testimonyfwhereof :II afiixmy signature inpresence of two Witnesses,

' JACOB. LUEPKER.

Witnesses AUeUsr Scr orrn, EDWARD T-I-IEOBALDQ five -cents each, by addrssingthe Commissioner ofPatents. Washington, D. 0; 1 a 1 e 1 

